Americans First conducted an investigation into the voter registration process in Kentucky and uncovered a frightening amount of holes in the process that are open to fraudulent registrations. The full analysis can be read by CLICKING HERE. Americans First has also taken initial…Read More

Americans First conducted an investigation into the voter registration process in Kentucky and uncovered a frightening amount of holes in the process that are open to fraudulent registrations. The full analysis can be read by CLICKING HERE. Americans First has also taken initial legal steps towards demanding that the Ky Board of Elections examine its voter rolls and purge all unqualified voters. Until then, Kentucky residents can have little faith in the integrity of our electoral process.

UPDATE: Americans First was contacted by the Ky Attorney General office and they requested the findings of our recent investigation into potential illegally registered voters that we identified. We will post updates as they become available.

2015 will be an exciting year for Americans First. With our website and social media efforts on Facebook we are continually bringing our supporters and the public news and opinions on issues affecting our fellow citizens. We hope to enhance those platforms during the year. If you would be interested…Read More

2015 will be an exciting year for Americans First. With our website and social media efforts on Facebook we are continually bringing our supporters and the public news and opinions on issues affecting our fellow citizens. We hope to enhance those platforms during the year. If you would be interested in contributing to those efforts please contact us at info@AmericansFirst.org

Americans First also intends to support and sponsor public events and activism when the need arises. We welcome your input on that as well.

Americans First is also focused on in-depth investigation and exposure of problems in our government and society harming our citizens. One of our many issues is voter fraud and election integrity.

On that front Americans First undertook an investigation similar to what other states have done to check the integrity of the voter registration rolls in Kentucky. The results to date are alarming and we feel they warrant further review. We have shared our findings with the office of Secretary of State Allison Grimes and asked that her office investigate. We are awaiting her response before proceeding further or sharing the details of our findings publicly.

We will keep you advised of developments regarding our investigation and Secretary Grimes’ response.

Again, if you would like to get more involved with Americans First or have any questions, comments or suggestions please contact us.

Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama released a 25 page document with common sense approaches that should appeal to all American citizens (CLICK HERE to view the entire document). His proposals address the harm that is being done to middle class…Read More

Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama released a 25 page document with common sense approaches that should appeal to all American citizens (CLICK HERE to view the entire document). His proposals address the harm that is being done to middle class Americans who suffer the most from the import of low wage workers. Member of Congress from both sides of the aisle do the bidding of big business and turn a blind eye to the stagnating wages and loss of jobs that American citizens are experiencing due to illegal immigration. Please read and add your comments to this post.

Many Americans feel a sharp distinction between what’s said about “the” economy and what they experience in “their” economy. At the top of the income distribution, wages are rising. In the middle and bottom, wages stagnate. CLICK HERE Jobs are…Read More

Many Americans feel a sharp distinction between what’s said about “the” economy and what they experience in “their” economy. At the top of the income distribution, wages are rising. In the middle and bottom, wages stagnate. CLICK HERE Jobs are created, yes—but native-born Americans are not hired for them.

“Our Immigration System is Broken” drones on repeatedly like a worn out Christmas tune from a choir of establishment politicians accompanied by the mainstream media and was parroted by President Obama himself as justification for his executive action granting “amnesty” to millions of illegal immigrants. On the contrary, America’s immigration…Read More

“Our Immigration System is Broken” drones on repeatedly like a worn out Christmas tune from a choir of establishment politicians accompanied by the mainstream media and was parroted by President Obama himself as justification for his executive action granting “amnesty” to millions of illegal immigrants. On the contrary, America’s immigration system is not broken, just our government’s will to enforce it. The problems with immigration, both legal and illegal, are simply the direct and predictable result of our existing laws being ignored .

Defenders of Obama’s executive action claim that families are being torn apart by existing immigration law that requires deportation of illegal immigrants with children born in the U.S.. But our laws already favor family reunification for legal immigrants. In the last decade over 600,000 immigrants were allowed into our country annually as “family sponsored” immigrants. But to protect our citizens, existing immigration law requires background checks of those immigrants.

Our immigration system is, however, backlogged and lacking resources for current laws to be properly enforced. Kenneth Palinkas, representative for the 12,000 INS agents tasked with screening immigrants to ensure that terrorists, criminals and diseases are kept out of the United States, recently warned that agents are so overwhelmed they are simply “rubber stamping” applications to keep up with their required quotas. He warned that the executive action will make things “exponentially worse.” American citizens thus have good reason to be worried about only cursory examinations of people entering our country. If legal immigrants are not being properly screened, how will millions more illegal immigrants, many with little to no documentation of their personal history, be properly screened by a system already overburdened?

Although President Obama said illegal immigrants with felony convictions would be deported, does any sane person think that an illegal immigrant convicted of a felony is going to willingly submit to a background check? Even if one did, there are already 900,000 illegal immigrants who have been ordered deported yet are still in our country. Why would our citizens have any faith that newly discovered illegal immigrant criminals would be deported with such a backlog of persons already subject to unenforced deportation orders?

Another purported rationale for the executive action is that it will increase tax revenue from illegal immigrants issued work permits and Social Security numbers. Quite the opposite will occur. The latest analysis by Heritage Foundation poverty expert Robert Rector pegs the net cost —total benefits minus total taxes paid in — of the amnesty recipients will be around $2 trillion over the course of their lifetimes. Looking back, the Treasury Departments’ Inspector General issued a report in 2012 showing that in just that one year $4.2 billion dollars flowed from the federal treasury to illegal immigrants in the form of refunds under the Additional Child Tax Credit. Prior executive actions granting amnesty also cost taxpayers, just as this one will. The 1986 amnesty by President Reagan cost taxpayers $76 billion ($164 billion in 2012 dollars adjusted for inflation) more than additional tax revenues generated, according to the CBO report that followed that amnesty.

Most importantly, President Obama’s executive action is a catastrophe for working American citizens. The law of supply and demand can’t be repealed, even by executive order. With a labor participation rate of 63%, the lowest in 37 years, adding nearly 5 million illegal immigrants to the labor pool defies economic common sense. The vast majority of low-skilled jobs illegal immigrants will fill currently require proof of citizenship and background checks. Security guards, janitorial workers, municipal waste collectors, and other jobs that require bonding or background checks will now be available to illegal immigrants, taking jobs from American citizens and further depressing wages for the entire lower and middle class working population of American citizens. President Obama’s executive action will literally be taking food out of the mouths of American citizens and their families.

Our nation’s government was elected by, and owes its allegiance to, our fellow citizens. President Obama’s executive action granting amnesty to illegal immigrants and his refusal to enforce our existing immigration laws represent nothing less than a wholesale betrayal of his duty to American citizens.

President Obama and many of our elites say Americans have no right to favor other Americans when it comes to immigration (and presumably other policies.) CLICK HERE Americans First rejects such sentiments completely. Americans First believes that Americans not…Read More

President Obama and many of our elites say Americans have no right to favor other Americans when it comes to immigration (and presumably other policies.) CLICK HERE Americans First rejects such sentiments completely. Americans First believes that Americans not only have a right to favor their fellow citizens, but a duty to do so.

For a replay of the Monday Nov 24th show on Channel KET (a Lexington PBS affiliate) where Americans First co-founder Ronald Vissing appeared as a guest panelist to discuss the recent Executive Actions taken by President Obama Click Here

For a replay of the Monday Nov 24th show on Channel KET (a Lexington PBS affiliate) where Americans First co-founder Ronald Vissing appeared as a guest panelist to discuss the recent Executive Actions taken by President Obama Click Here

In an open letter CLICK HERE regarding President Obama’s imminent Executive Action to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants currently in the U.S., Kenneth Palinkas who represents over 12,000 immigration agents responsible for screening applicants to ensure that terrorists,…Read More

In an open letter CLICK HERE regarding President Obama’s imminent Executive Action to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants currently in the U.S., Kenneth Palinkas who represents over 12,000 immigration agents responsible for screening applicants to ensure that terrorists, diseases, criminals, and other undesirable groups are kept out of the United States., is urging citizens to voice their opposition to such a plan. “Whether it’s the failure to uphold the public charge laws, the abuse of our asylum procedures, the admission of Islamist radicals, or visas for health risks, the taxpayers are being fleeced and public safety is being endangered on a daily basis.” he writes. In addition, he states ”I write today to warn the general public that this situation is about to get exponentially worse -and more dangerous”

Even more chilling is his closing remark, “That is why this statement is intended for the public: if you care about your immigration security and your neighborhood security, you must act now to ensure that Congress stops this unilateral amnesty. Let your voice be heard and spread the word to your neighbors. We who serve in our nation’s immigration agencies are pleading for your help – don’t let this happen. Express your concern to your Senators and Congressmen before it is too late.”

According to the Congressional Budget Office, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will also reduce employment. CLICK HERE to read the report. In particular, job losses in the industries that shrink would lower employment more than job gains in other…Read More

According to the Congressional Budget Office, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will also reduce employment. CLICK HERE to read the report. In particular, job losses in the industries that shrink would lower employment more than job gains in other industries would increase employment, thereby raising the overall unemployment rate. And if that isn’t harmful enough, according to the U.S. Labor Dept, the lowest 20% income earners will suffer the most. This segment spends over 23% of household income on energy. This nonsensical attempt to reduce CO2 emissions in the U.S. which accounts for less than 17% of worldwide emissions, will have little to no affect on global emissions all the while devastating American jobs and households.